Norway in a salmon rumpus

The Norwegian newspaper VG (pictured below) had a front page on June10th that said, “Do not give salmon to children”. It quoted Anne-Lise Birch Monsen(also pictured), who is a specialist in paediatrics at Haukeland University Hospital. The Bergen News revealed later that Anne-Lise has for years been in conflict with a fish-farming company at her holiday home in Sveio.

The VG editor Torry Pedersen didn’t know this, but assumed that such an experienced specialist would distinguish between research and any private concerns.